9, Terrace Walk

TERRACE WALK 656-1/41/1674

No.9

Formerly Listed as: TERRACE WALK Nos 6-9 (consec) including 8A) 12/06/50

GV II

Shop with accommodation over. c1730, altered late C18 and late C19. By John Wood the Elder. MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, roof not visible. PLAN: Single depth house on awkward triangular site with no rear elevation. EXTERIOR: Three storeys. Ground floor has late C19 double-fronted shopfront as 6-8. First floor has three tall C19 sashes, plain. Second floor has two C20 casements and late C18 type sash, six/six. Heavy cornice at second floor level, continuous with 3-8. Parapet, tall ashlar stack without pots, presumably heightened in 1897 when houses in Orange Grove were refronted. INTERIOR: Not inspected. This building appears on the Plan for the City of Bath, 1735, and on John Wood's plan in his `Essay towards the Description of Bath', 1749. SOURCES: Ison W: The Georgian Buildings of Bath: London: 1948-: 148; Orbach J: Card Index of Bath Architects and Streets: 1978-; Bath Archaeological Trust/RCHM England: Georgian Bath Historical Map: Southampton: 1989-; The Bath Chronicle: Images of Bath: Derby: 1994-; Bath History: Fawcett, T and Inskip, M: The Making of Orange Grove: Bath: 1994-: 24-50; Holland E: The Kingston Estate within the walled City of Bath: Bath: 1992-: 7.

Listing NGR: ST7520264765